Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Chapman, Frank E.
2. Chavis, Ben, 1948-
3. Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-
4. Mitchell, Charlene, 1930-

Description

1. 121.79 linear feet (294 boxes); 128.1 kilobytes (19 computer files)

Summary

1. The National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR), founded in 1973 and still in existence today, seeks to raise awareness of America's political prisoners and prison conditions, police brutality, repressive legislation, and unfair labor practices. While most of the materials concern Black Americans, other minority groups, such as Native American activists, Puerto Rican nationalists, Chicanos, and the LGBTQ community do have a presence in this collection, as do cases involving oppression based on leftist political beliefs. The collection includes extensive correspondence with prisoners, as well as materials specifically related to executive board member Angela Davis, and materials dedicated to the NAARPR's management, conferences, and rallies, mostly from the 1970s through the 1980s.

Subject

1. Prisoners
2. Promotional materials
3. Newsletters
4. Correspondence
5. United States
6. Civil rights and socialism
7. Civil rights
8. African American prisoners
9. African American political activists
10. Political activists
11. Petitions
12. Pamphlets
13. Legal documents
14. Racism > United States
15. Prisoners > United States > Correspondence
16. Political prisoners > United States
17. Labor unions > United States
18. Affirmative action programs > United States

Genre/Form

1. Correspondence.
2. Legal documents.
3. Newsletters.
4. Pamphlets.
5. Petitions.
6. Promotional materials.

Call number

1. Sc MG 601

Source (note)

1. Donated by Charlene Mitchell in 1996-2000.

Language (note)

1. English, Spanish, German, Russian, French

Author

1. National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression (U.S.), creator.

Title

1. The National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression records.

Production

1. 1958-1995.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated
2. computer

Type of carrier

1. sheet
2. other

Location of other archival materials

1. Materials Separated from the Resource: Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center.
2. Transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound (MIRS) Division: audio and moving image materials. For more information, please contact the division at schomburgaudiovisual@nypl.org or 212-491-2270.

Language

1. English, Spanish, German, Russian, French

Source

1. Donated by Charlene Mitchell in 1996-2000.

Connect to:

1. Finding aid

Occupation

1. Political activists.

Added author

1. Chapman, Frank E., contributor.
2. Chavis, Ben, 1948- contributor.
3. Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- contributor.
4. Mitchell, Charlene, 1930- contributor.

Research call number

1. Sc MG 601